St. Jude awarded federal grant for Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has received a National Science Foundation grant to integrate biology and engineering at the molecular level to tackle childhood disease.
7-May-2020 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Pediatric Neurologist Richard Finkel, M.D., Joins St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

A leading expert in pediatric neurologic disorders, Richard Finkel, M.D., will lead the new Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
6-May-2020 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Douglas R. Green, Ph.D., of St. Jude elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Douglas R. Green, Ph.D., of St. Jude elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his contribution to understanding the mechanism of cell death and survival.
30-Apr-2020 10:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Global COVID-19 Observatory and Resource Center for Childhood Cancer to serve as hub for sharing information on treating pediatric cancer patients infected by the virus

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in partnership with the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), today launched the Global COVID-19 Observatory and Resource Center for Childhood Cancer.
16-Apr-2020 2:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Discovering the secrets of the enigmatic caspase-6

Researchers identified the mechanisms underlying the innate immune function of the enzyme caspase-6, offering ways to combat viral infection, inflammatory diseases and cancer.
15-Apr-2020 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

St. Jude experimental anti-malarial drug shows promise in first clinical trial

Malaria is a leading killer of children worldwide, and new drugs are needed. New research reports encouraging early clinical results with a new compound.
8-Apr-2020 12:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Significant global investment could save 11 million children

Spending $20 billion per year for 30 years would yield a 3-to-1 productivity gain of almost $2 trillion to the global economy according to St. Jude Global director and Lancet Oncology Commission co-chair.
1-Apr-2020 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Inherited mutation can predispose children to a type of brain tumor

Collaboration co-led by researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovers a novel predisposition gene in pediatric medulloblastoma.
31-Mar-2020 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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